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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Trumpet brooch, dating from 75 - 175 AD. It consists of the brooch head, complete bow with full acanthus, foot and catch plate, part of the spring mechanism also survives. The head of the brooch is in the trumpet style, around the edges is a raised border, it has no other decoration. Further down the bow there is a slightly raised double collar above and below the central acanthus decoration. The acanthus decoration is in full form and is fairly well pronounced, six leaves below and six above the central disc. The lower bow has a slightly raised central ridge running down to the foot, the foot consists of a widened three tier collar formed by two raised horizontal lines. On the reverse the catch plate is almost complete except for the actual catch. The hinge mechanism survives, complete with axis bar. The impression of the turns of the spring have been drawn onto the hinge mechanism. The pierced end of the pin survives, held in place by the axis bar. The rest of the pin has broken off. The surface of the brooch is fairly corroded and is brownish-green in colour. This brooch dates to the Roman period, 1st to 2nd Century. See: Hattatt, p326 for parallels.
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